CATS: the purr-fect musical for Reagan's America?

T.S. Eliot's conservative worldview may help explain the show's early-'80s Broadway appeal

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This week, The Broadway Maven looks at CATS and Jewish Broadway hits and flops.

• On Sunday, March 26 at Noon ET and Monday, March 27 at Noon and 7 pm ET we’ll have a FREE class exploring Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash singing-and-dancing-felines hit. Register here.

• On Wednesday, March 29 at Noon ET the Jewish Broadway series will conclude with a presentation by Broadway expert Peter Filichia about the most — and least — successful Jewish Broadway shows. $5. Register here.

• This Weekly Blast includes:

A) an ESSAY about the ways CATS fit the conservative mood of the 1980s;

B) a GAME involving wordplay and the characters in CATS;

C) a YouTube GEM with a remarkably clear explanation of the often-confusing plot of CATS;

D) a Broadway Maven YouTube GEM about the ways Leonard Bernstei…